SALT LAKE CITY — In its latest bid to get drivers to buckle up, the Utah Department of Public Safety turned to children’s drawings Tuesday in hopes they would encourage people to be safe over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.

“We had local kids draw a picture of their favorite family member, their favorite friend that they hoped to see at the dinner table for Thanksgiving dinner, and we aren’t going to get there unless we buckle up,” said Jason Mettmann with the Utah Highway Safety Office .

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The pictures were placed around a hypothetical holiday dinner table and depicted people like “mom,” “dad,” and “my sister.”

One seat was left open with a handwritten sign that said, “All I want for Christmas is y

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